Manhattan Battlefield, 5:00 a.m.

Astarrot had hardly slept all night, and from last night to now he had been checking the combat readiness of the corps and making plans for today's attack. And now, everything seems to have finally reached its most perfect state.

"Don't allow failure!" the last words of Mephistopheles' order to Darien rang in his ears, and Astarrot knew that if the battle was lost, then all the blame would be borne by him alone.

The current situation of the war was very unoptimistic, and when he learned of the defeat of Beelzebub, Astarot could not believe his ears, but it was happening, and he could only accept the fact anyway.

But was even that guy defeated? Astarrot knew very well in his heart that Beelzebub's strength was comparable, if the two were equal in terms of strength alone, but if it was about strategy, then Astarrot could only bow to the upper hand, but would such a brilliant guy actually lose at the hands of a mere human?

This reminded him of the human named Ender he had fought before, this human showed a great power he had never seen before, even if he used demonization himself, he was still almost dragged into a desperate situation, and if Beelzebub's opponent was like him, then his defeat might not be surprising.

"Lord Astarrot, the Legion is ready. Hoss's voice interrupted his thoughts, "When is the attack begin?"

"Don't be in a hurry, Hoss. Astarrot looked at him and said, "It's time to attack when the first rays of light appear on the horizon, but before that I need you to check the Legion's preparations again." ”

"My lord, there is a sentence I don't know whether to say or not. Hoss hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke.

"If you have anything to say, just say it, you should know that I hate other people selling off the most. Astarot said impatiently.

"Yes. There is a doldrums in the Legion now, and a lot of people are talking about the defeat of Lord Beelzebub, and I think this has had an effect on our morale. ”

"What's there to talk about?" Astarot was furious, "go tell those who talk about these things, don't let me take their lives before they all start here, if anyone talks about this kind of thing, then you can kill Hoss!"

"Yes, my lord!" Hoss bowed and retreated, but Astarot took what he had just said to heart.

Did this really happen? Astarot thought to himself, it seems that he should have killed all the people he was talking about, so that the morale of the army could not have been so low.

He was sulking there when he heard a series of hurried footsteps, and he frowned towards the place where the sound had come from, only to find that Hoss, who had just left, was running towards it at a rapid pace.

"What are you doing, Hoss?" Astarot asked in an exasperated tone, "Did you finish the task I gave you so quickly?"

"Not your Excellency!" said Hoss, gasping, "yes, there is an army of hell that has landed on the shore, and the leader is actually Mammon. ”

"What did you say?" Astarot asked, with a look of disbelief, "Are you sure it's Mammon?"

"It's true, my lord. Hoth replied in a very certain tone, "Not only his subordinates, but everyone stationed on the coast saw it, and it was definitely Lord Mammon and his army of hell. ”

"But isn't that guy not interested in this war?" Astaroth's face was full of doubt, "why did he come here with his troops now?"

"Wouldn't it be nice if I could answer this question for you myself?" Astarot could speak, but Mammon had already walked very close to him.

"Go down, Hoss. Astarrot waved his hand at Hoth, "I have some very important things to discuss with Mammon next, and don't forget that your mission is not yet complete." ”

"My subordinates obey my lord's orders. Hoss nodded and stepped back, but as he passed by Mammon, his eyes lingered on Mammon's body for a few more seconds.

"What kind of wind can blow Mammon here?" Astarot asked with a laugh, "a guy like you really never plays cards according to common sense. ”

"Isn't it good to be free?" said Mammon with a smile, "and do everything you want to do according to your heart, so that life is interesting." ”

"Less of that. Astarott's tone became slightly lower, "You must have come here without Mephistopheles' orders, otherwise I wouldn't have known anything before." ”

"Ah, I can't go without that guy's orders, but it's not a bad thing I'm here. Mammon smiled and said, "Look at you, Astaroth, I heard that you were seriously wounded and that your men had lost a lot of money, so I could help you." ”

"What kindness!" said Astarrot, still skeptical of what Mammon said, "then let me ask you, how many reinforcements have you brought?"

"It's not too much, I've split the Hell Legion that belongs to me in two, which means that I'm bringing the equivalent of half of the Hell Legion now, but I think that's enough. ”

"You've got a back hand for yourself. "It seems that your purpose is not only to reinforce me, but otherwise you will not have left half of your forces and taken half of them with you." Say, what's the real purpose of coming here?"

"You're getting a little smarter, too. Mammon narrowed her eyes, "It seems that the image of you as a big boss in the past should be changed, and you can sometimes see things quite thoroughly." ”

"Don't talk so much nonsense, answer my question, Mammon. Astarot asked in an accentuated tone.

"It's not as complicated as you think, just to get a piece of the pie. Mammon replied in a relaxed tone, "Otherwise, I would not have gained nothing in this war, do you think I would be willing?"

"It really fits the image of you as the embodiment of greed. Astarot laughed, "It's all for your own benefit, you guy, it's really not in vain what I've always thought of you." ”

"Do you know what a good thing you want?" Mammon laughed, too, "but I have a question for you, what do you think are the chances of success in this next attack?"

Astaroth's laughter stopped abruptly, and his tone became extremely heavy: "Originally, I was only sixty percent sure, but now if I call you and the legions you brought again, it can barely reach seventy percent, and it is still possible for humans to fight back, which is the most upsetting to me." ”

"I heard that when you were about to put the human who seriously injured you to death, a human conveyed a proposal to temporarily withdraw the troops of both sides through the rumors, and you finally accepted this suggestion, I wonder if this is true?"

"How do you know all the gossip?" Astarot glanced at Mammon with wary eyes, he had asked everyone present to keep their mouths shut, why did this guy know so well.

"Mephistopheles has such a wide surveillance network, can't I have one or two avenues through which I can get the word across?" said Mammon in a brisk tone.

"As you say, that's exactly what it is. Astarrot admitted, "The human being who conveyed the message is at least not inferior to you and me, and that's why I said that humans still have at least a 30% chance of winning." ”

"Therefore, we must annihilate the humans holding the position as soon as possible, and then we can force out those humans with great strength. Mammon analyzed.

"But those bugs are very tenacious, and it will probably take a lot of effort to break through the position they are holding now. ”

"So I'm not here to help you?" said Mammon, "and face two demons of the Seven Sins at the same time, their pressure is unusually great, let them be wiped out in one go!"

"Needless to say, I'd do the same. Astarrot picked up the giant axe beside him and said, "The time to attack is coming soon, let those bugs feel my anger again." ”

On the Manhattan position, Matthew had already observed the movement of the Legion of Hell through a telescope.

"It looks like they're ready to attack. "As the headquarters expected," said him, "they will organize a major battle as soon as the news of the defeat of Beelzebub arrives." ”

"What should come will come. Matthew put down his binoculars and gave an order to the soldiers around him: "Everyone is in combat readiness, the enemy's attack is likely to be coming soon, and it must be held at all costs!"

"Roger!" so my soldiers all replied in a sonorous tone.

"Green, you get into the artillery position at once, your heavy firepower is an absolutely indispensable part at the beginning of the attack, go ahead. ”

"Understood!" Green saluted Matthew, and immediately ran briskly towards the artillery position behind the forward position.

Looking at Green who was gradually moving away, Matthew picked up the walkie-talkie hanging on his chest and gave another order: "I'm Matthew, please reply when the armored corps receives it, please reply when the armored corps receives it." ”

"Roger, this is the Panzer Corps, please give the order, Chief of Staff Matthew. ”

"Ordered you to lie in ambush on the left and right flanks and divide the enemy at a distance of 500 meters from the position, understand?"

"The corps received, everything will be carried out according to the order. ”

Matthew let out a long sigh of relief after putting down the walkie-talkie, and the current tranquility had become a time he enjoyed very much, because Matthew knew that soon this place would soon become a battlefield of death.

A ray of sunlight appeared on the horizon, and it was finally dawn, and everyone's spirits had reached their most tense state, come on, come on, this kind of waiting before the war is the most torturous existence.

The low trumpet of "Woo Woo Woo ......" sounded, and all the demons poured out of their nests at the sound of this trumpet, and their roar shook the earth, they were the embodiment of destruction, forged into the ultimate destruction machine for the destruction of all living beings.

"Here they are. Matthew shouted, "Warriors, they will never be able to break through this line! In the name of humanity, we will forge an impregnable iron wall with our own blood, hold on to the end, and we will fight until the last moment!"

The battlefield that had been silent for a long time was finally shrouded in bloody rain again.